Did you know Oklahoma has an official state meal? The State Legislature in Oklahoma City designated the repast as an official state symbol in 1988. And, I must say, it sounds delicious: fried okra, squash, cornbread, barbecued pork, biscuits, sausage and gravy, grits, corn, black-eyed peas, chicken-fried steak, strawberries and
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Montreal Simon: Andrew Scheer’s Most Painfully Embarrassing Week
It's been an embarrassing week so far for Andrew Scheer. On Monday he skipped Question Period so he could pose for pictures of himself dressed in a Raptor's red hoodie.So he could pretend to be a fan, bask in the glory if they won, and no doubt blame Trudeau if
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Total Humiliation of the Con Clown Lisa Raitt
Lisa Raitt has made a fool of herself many times in the course of her long and sordid career.With one of the most notorious examples being the time she was overheard telling an assistant that cancer is "sexy."And now that Con clown has done it again, with this ridiculous tweet.Read more »
Continue readingPolitical Potshots: The Nothingburger Scandal And The Amazing Technicolor Dream World Of The Canadian Conservative
First, here are a few thoughts from Jody Wilson-Raybould’s committee testimony and the aftermath. What Jody Wilson-Raybould and Justin Trudeau are both saying could likely be true. They do not have to be mutually exclusive. We know now that Jody Wilson-Raybould is likely responsible for the leak, or had a
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Lisa Raitt and the Con Waahmbulance Chasers
In my last post I looked at how Lisa Raitt had finally managed to provoke Justin Trudeau into losing his temper, and letting the Cons know how he felt about the way they were turning our parliament into sewer.And the way Andrew Scheer's perverted Harperite cult was using a murdered child
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Andrew Scheer and Mr Ding Dong
You know when I stare at that picture of Andrew Scheer, even I find it hard to believe that he is a mortal threat to Canada and its values.I mean look at him.He just looks like a nerd who would embarrass this country beyond recognition if he ever became Prime
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Many Unholy Lies of Andrew Scheer
Andrew Scheer claims to be a great Canadian and a great Christian. Not necessarily in that order.And his Easter card has a sinister looking cross on it big enough to crucify us all.Or at least crucify those who offend him and his bloodthirsty Godzilla the most. You know, liberated women, Muslims,
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Lisa Raitt and the Con Losers
Nine years ago I made a short YouTube video called Lisa and the Losers. And I must say Lisa Raitt hasn't changed a bit.She's on another losing streak, and it could be her worst. First she lost the race to replace Stephen Harper. Who she had tried so hard to impress.Then she
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Lisa Raitt, the Scummy Cons, and The Rebel Connection
Lisa Raitt likes to portray herself as a different kind of Con, a cut above the rest of her lowlife colleagues. But don't believe a word she says.She's as rotten as all the others. When she was a minister in the Harper government she told one of her flunkies that cancer
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Andrew Scheer’s Scary Cons and the Baloney Meter
The more Canadians get to know Andrew Scheer, the more they realize that he wasn't kidding when he said he was Stephen Harper with a smile.For although that smile is really creepy, and that religious fanatic has the potential to be even more dangerous than Harper.Not only does Schmear or
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Rolling Stone Cover and the Con Clown Lisa Raitt
As soon as I saw Justin Trudeau on the cover of Rolling Stone, I groaned loudly, and cranked up the music in my ears, because I knew exactly how the Cons would react, and that it would be ugly.And sure enough it was. They wailed like banshees, they ground their
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Lisa Raitt and the Kamikaze Candidate
The hapless stooges in our corporate media like to describe Lisa Raitt as the most "moderate" candidate in the Con leadership race. The one who is so "nice" she doesn't stand a chance in that collection of racists and religious fanatics. But of course we know better. We know that
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Con Clown Leadership Scandal Just Got Worse
In one of my last posts I wrote that the Con leadership race was starting to look like a crime story.And I suggested that it might be time to call in the police.Or at the very least the Keystone Cops.Because that grubby leadership race is becoming more and more farcical.
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Con Leadership Race: Now It’s Even More of a Porky Show
As we all know the Con leadership race badly needs any publicity it can get. Because not only has it been a porky show, it's also been incredibly boring.And if pigs could fly there would be pork in the trees.But now at last that ghastly show could become the mud
Continue readingAlberta Politics: I come to bury Castro, not to praise him: unpacking conservative fury at PM Justin Trudeau’s condolences
PHOTOS: Fidel Castrol in his heyday. Mr. Castro died Friday at 90. Below: An affectionate Havana scene … “Viva Fidel por siempre;” Margaret Trudeau, Mr. Castro and Pierre Trudeau in 1976; King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, who died at 90 last year; Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Before I start, let’s
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Painful Education of the Con Clown Lisa Raitt
As you may have heard, the absurd Con clown Lisa Raitt is said to be preparing to enter the Con leadership race.And to try to boost her profile she's been posing as the Con's finance critic, and attacking Justin Trudeau's plans for a national carbon tax. But when she recounted
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Explaining how the right wing echo chamber operates … operates … operates … The Strange Case of the Canada Pension Plan
PHOTOS: “Alright, everyone, here’s what we’re gonna say: ‘Expanding the CPP is a solution in search of a problem.’ Everybody got that? Fraser? Check! APEC? Check! CFIB? Check! Taxpayers? Check! … ” Actual right-wing echo chamber conferenc…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Canada Pension Plan and the Cruelty of the Cons
As long as Stephen Harper was in power there was never any hope of enhancing the Canada Pension Plan.Because he always claimed the economy was too fragile to afford it, he didn't like the idea of pensions, and believed that Canadians should save fo…
Continue readingAlberta Politics: When Tories, the Fraser Institute and media team up to attack plans to improve the CPP, you have to know it needs fixing!
ILLUSTRATIONS: A luxurious retirement? Do you get the feeling that ship may have sailed? Well, rich conservatives and their flunkies want you to think that a better Canada Pension Plan is a bad idea anyway. Below: Conservative Party of Canada Finance C…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Why Playing Nice With the Cons Won’t Work
I learned long ago that if you want to help build a more equal, kinder, gentler society, you have to be as tough and as ruthless as the Con zombies who infest this world.For they will try to destroy you, and being nice will get you nowhere.So when I he…
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